Medical Lake baseball off to hot start in early going

Broken thumb may cost Cards services of Cory Wagner

The Medical Lake Cardinals' baseball team is off to a fast and successful start.

But in winning their first three games, 7-2 over Cheney and a 7-0, 11-4 doubleheader sweep against St. Maries March 19 may have come at a significant cost.

The Cards' top pitcher and shortstop, senior Cory Wagner, broke his thumb after being hit by a pitch Saturday in the opening game of the doubleheader. "It's a crack, not displaced, which is better," his dad, Dan Wagner wrote in a text message, March 21.

Wagner, in his second at bat, was trying to defend himself from a wild pitch that sailed towards his head. Th...

 

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